15 Responses to “Images from Colorado Flooding”

See what you are trying to do there omnologos – but it is billed as a 1000 year, historical event and exceeds anything known before it. Here is an interesting reference a view from space before and after which you might care to view.

Well yes you could consider the Time magazine and the discover magazine American porn I guess, but I hope you find NOAA to be respectable, here is a link that I hope you will find more satisfyinghttp://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/boulder/ also as an avid IT programmer in 1981 you will be very interested to read the Santer et al 2013 report on human caused global warming imprints

Actually Maurizio, the “1000 year event” shouldn’t be dismissed as “climate porn” at all as it is based solidly on real-time data from an extensive set of gauging stations and historical data. It is actually quite simple for hydrologists to assess the magnitude of individual events very rapidly. I realise that minimising scientific findings that you don’t understand is an oft employed and favoured tactic of the ignorants of this world but it doesn’t wash. Having worked as a hydrologist for a number of years, I am familiar with how the “1000 year event” statement can be made and I am more than happy to explain the process to you if you are interested? Or perhaps you would prefer to remain ignorant so you can continue to spout your special brand of drivel?

I am fully aware of the latest blog post and it still doesn’t detract from my point that you are completely ignorant of how these events are classified. In fact it actually reinforces it. I have offered to explain it to you but you have chosen ignorance instead. I’ll give you a little hint. “1000 year event” does not mean it will only happen every 1000 years. Now I know that might be a bit hard for you to grasp so I’ll be kind and provide you with a link to a 2000 publication that gives an extremely detailed description of the process and it’s quite relevant given its from Colarado. I realise you probably won’t bother reading the thing and I doubt you’d actually understand it anyway but if you do and you have any problems understanding, I am more than happy to translate the difficult parts into language you will understand. http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri99-4190/pdf/wrir99-4190_V2.pdf

you have completely misunderstood my point. congratulations. now get some coffee and switch on the brains and re-read what I have written. Then tell me where I said that “1,000-year” means “it will only happen every 1,000 years”.

I even made a reference to Americans and statistics…you didn’t get that at all.